Pete the Cat is the new Goodnight Moon

I can’t get enough of Pete the Cat. My kids are enamored. Their classmates are all entranced by the magical feline. Every week, I choose a book for the kindergarten class. But no matter what I pick, Pete the Cat is always read. Well, more like sung.

Here’s the backstory: James Dean, an artist in
Atlanta with a cult-like following, paints super cool cat portraits. He
teams up with Eric Litwin, a children’s musician and storyteller who
gives Pete a voice (and some shoes).

Watch
the clip and you too, will be enthralled by the rhythm, the moral of the
story, the grooviness of it all. I am all for anything
that teaches a kid to “keep walking along and singing his song.” -Eva